GreenDream
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Ok, so I am looking to get some peoples' opinions as to how much it affects the plants when they are transplanted right at the onset of bloom.
Basically, I have been doing this for years. I have a perpetual bloom room and my veg room is on the small size, so when it's time for the plants to go into bloom I pot them up from a 2gal to a 7gal squat pot. It has always worked pretty well for me.... However I am in the midst of re-designing my whole setup, and I am curious as to how beneficial it really is to give them a week or 2 in their new pots before flipping to 12/12.
A quick example... recently I had to transplant a week into bloom, (during week 2) and I saw the plants stall out for a week as the roots spread into their new home. The plants didn't act like they had any shock... they just slowed down for a week or so. So by this reasoning, how beneficial is it to avoid this slowdown in the first week of bloom? My original reasoning is that I'm simply slowing down the stretch, but maybe I am also limiting the number of nodes created, or increasing the distance in the nodes, or who knows what.
So has anyone tried experimenting with different transplant times and logged the results? Your input is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Basically, I have been doing this for years. I have a perpetual bloom room and my veg room is on the small size, so when it's time for the plants to go into bloom I pot them up from a 2gal to a 7gal squat pot. It has always worked pretty well for me.... However I am in the midst of re-designing my whole setup, and I am curious as to how beneficial it really is to give them a week or 2 in their new pots before flipping to 12/12.
A quick example... recently I had to transplant a week into bloom, (during week 2) and I saw the plants stall out for a week as the roots spread into their new home. The plants didn't act like they had any shock... they just slowed down for a week or so. So by this reasoning, how beneficial is it to avoid this slowdown in the first week of bloom? My original reasoning is that I'm simply slowing down the stretch, but maybe I am also limiting the number of nodes created, or increasing the distance in the nodes, or who knows what.
So has anyone tried experimenting with different transplant times and logged the results? Your input is greatly appreciated! Thanks!